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Originally Posted by 70SATMan

I've worked on some BIG power ground station systems for un-named customers at frequencies such that the only purpose I can think of using it would be to totally obliterate all onboard electronics on a bird.

If I remember correctly, scientists were working this concept of microwave as a weapon long ago (WWII).

The History Channel said the Germans and the Japanese lost a lot of time trying to develop a "death ray". The Brits were fortunate enough to see an adjacent utility known now as Radar.